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According to accounts from the production, Hopper really did get Nicholson very stoned for that speech; the broken-up laughing and his stumbling over the line about how it would be “devastating” to our systems came from him actually being too high, not pure acting. Go Into The Story<ref>{{cite web|title=Go Into The Story|url=https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/daily-dialogue-june-14-2016-1c8633397a8b|publisher=Go Into The Story|access-date=2025-11-29}}</ref>

So that “Venusians” conversation is simultaneously: a stoner joke, a piece of UFO/conspiracy riffing, a utopian manifesto, and a sly slam on American power structures—all delivered by a guy in a football helmet who’s too high to keep his joint lit.